DST 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medical Model, Mental Model, Psychotherapy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DST 500
• Professor: Kendra Pitt

Document Summary

At the end of week 1 you should: What is the classroom aop policy?: aop - antioppressive. Be able to articulate the dominant discourse used to frame madness (what is the medical model and what does it teach me about madness?) Have a clear understanding of mad studies this is essential for. Be able to explain why we use the term mad. What are the options that someone struggling will look for: speak to a professional (psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, drugs, changes in lifestyle, behavioural therapy, talk therapy. All of the answers came from a medical model. ***take note of vocabulary used when talking about the medical model. Mental health literacy (mhl) is a process where we developed:*******: the ability to identify common signs of mental disorder, shared beliefs of causes of mental disorder, shared understanding of treatment options. State of development of concrete universal body of knowledge of what mental health is.